Astrophysics and space research have long been intrigued by one persisting question: Is there life beyond Earth? Saturn's icy ...
"That type of faulting can facilitate the exchange of surface and subsurface materials through shear heating processes, potentially creating environments conducive for the emergence of life." ...
Europa may be one of the most interesting spots in our solar system. This moon of Jupiter is believed to harbor a subsurface ...
A mess of salt and organic chemicals splattered across the ice on Ganymede could be a hint that its hidden ocean contains the right stuff for life. NASA’s Juno mission recently revealed that the ...
Researchers have shown unambiguous laboratory evidence that amino acids transported in the ice plumes of Saturn's moon, Eceladus, can survive impact speeds of up to 4.2 km/s, supporting their ...
If life exists elsewhere in the solar system, it may well reside in the ocean of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The mysterious world appears to have the necessary ingredients for life as we know it.
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is headed to one of Jupiter's largest moons. It's bringing along a microchip filled with ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Water connects Earth and Europa, the two ocean worlds NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft travels between on ...
The spacecraft making the 1.8 billion mile journey will have a poem etched into its surface. NASA is inviting the public to ...
Earth and space scientists document and reveal the mechanisms behind strike-slip faulting on the largest moon of Saturn, Titan, and Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede. On the surface of many of the ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Water connects Earth and Europa, the two ocean worlds NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft travels between on its journey. The existence of a vast ocean on a moon of Jupiter ...